Health expenditure; functions and financing

Health expenditure; functions and financing

Functions Financing Periods Expenditure on health and social care (mln euro)
Total current health expenditure HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 9,390
HC1: Services of curative care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 3,503
HC11: In-patient curative care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 1,308
HC12: Day cases of curative care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 424
HC13: Outpatient curative care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 1,745
HC13.1: General outpatient curative care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 137
HC13.2: Outpatient dental care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 593
HC13.3: Spec. outpatient curative care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 845
HC13.9: Other outpatient curative care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 170
HC14: Services of curative home care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 26
HC.2:Services of rehabilitative care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 195
HC21: In-patient rehabilitative care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 27
HC22: Day cases of rehabilitative care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 3
HC23: Out-patient rehabilitative care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 166
HC3: Services of long-term nursing care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 1,653
HC31: In-patient long-term nursing care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 1,633
HC32: Day cases long-term nursing care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 0
HC33: Outpatient long-term care (health) HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 0
HC34: Long-term nursing care: home care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 20
HC4: Ancillary services HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 53
HC41: Laboratory services HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 12
HC42: Imaging diagnosis HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 0
HC43: Patient transport HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 41
HC5: Medical goods HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 3,835
HC51: Pharmaceuticals, other nondurables HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 2,111
HC52: Therapeutic appliances HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 1,724
HC6: Preventive care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 84
HC7: Governance, health system, fin. HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 0
HC71: Governance, health system adm. HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 0
HC72: Administration of health financing HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 0
HC9: Healthcare n.e.c. HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 67
Total health related expenditure HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 568
HCR1: Long-term care (social) HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 568
HCR11:In-kind long-term social care HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 549
HCR12: Long-term soc. care cash benefits HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 19
HCR2: Health promotion multi-sector HF3: Household out-of-pocket payments 2022* 0
Source: CBS.
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This table presents health(care) expenditure used by residents of the Netherlands in a year. Health care is delineated according to the international definition of the System of Health Accounts. The figures are thus internationally comparable with Eurostat, OECD and WHO publications. All healthcare activities count, regardless of whether they take place inside or outside the healthcare sector.
The figures are derived from the care accounts, which include more activities such as youth care, welfare work, social services and child care. The care accounts also include exports (expenditure on and by non-residents).

Data available from: 1998

Status of figures:
Figures for 2022 are provisional; figures for 2020 and 2021 are revised provisional; other figures are final.

Changes as of 21 July 2023:
The figures on 2020 have been updated.

When will there be new figures?
Updated figures for 2020-2022 and provisional figures for 2023 will be published in the second quarter of 2024.

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Expenditure on health and social care
Final consumption expenditure in current prices on health and social care goods and services used by or for residents in one year.